gwd 12 两道语法请较

LES

In 1914 a total of 469,000 cars and trucks were produced in the United States, but in 1929 almost twice the numbers of tucks alone came off the assembly lines.

1. the numbers of tucks alone

2. that number of trucks alone
3. the number of trucks by themselves
4. as many trucks themselves
5. as many trucks by themselves

当然选B，that number 指代469,000，请问the number 指什么？

麻集爱

m-w:

came off :intransitive senses  
1 a : to acquit oneself : FARE *came off well in the contest*  b : APPEAR, SEEM
2 : SUCCEED *a television series that never came off?TV Guide*
3 : HAPPEN, OCCUR
transitive senses   : to have recently completed or recovered from *coming off a good year*

这不重复了么？

麻集爱

当然选B，that number 指代469,000，请问the number 指什么？

啊？！ 啊，我。。。。。。。。。。。不知道了。

投降~~　选ｂ

LES

再补充一点，既然alone是可以和by oneself互换的，那么请问就简洁原则，选什么呢？

bon

用google查，没有twice that number这种表达法，查出来的都是twice the number

我还是选c

robertchu

Evan assuming "alone" and "by oneself" are interchangable, "alone" isone word, thus more economical than "by oneself", so "alone" ispreferred by ETS :-)

kingsoft

   

In 1914 a total of 469,000 cars and trucks were produced in the United States, but in 1929 almost twice the numbers of tucks alone came off the assembly lines.

1. the numbers of tucks alone

2. that number of trucks alone
3. the number of trucks by themselves
4. as many trucks themselves
5. as many trucks by themselves

这个题目还没解，请NN发表看法

jnlvo

that number的用法是有的：

852.There are more than forty newspapers published in the cities of Kerala, a state on the Malabar Coast, which reflects the fact that Keralans are by far India’s most literate citizens.

(A) which reflects

(B) and that number reflects(best)

(C) which reflect

(D) that number reflects

(E) that reflects

robertchu

“alone" is more economical than "by oneself", therefore is more preferred by ETS.

jnlvo

以下是引用深海的小美人鱼在2004-6-13 22:59:00的发言：

我查了字典

alone是可以和by oneself互换的

能不能把字典中相应的内容贴出供大家分享，谢谢！